Penkhull

Coordinates: 53°00′03″N 2°11′48″W / 53.0007°N 2.1968°W / 53.0007; -2.1968
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Penkhull
The Greyhound Inn
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Penkhull is located in Staffordshire
Penkhull
Penkhull
Location within Staffordshire
Population6,518 (2011.Ward. Penkhull and Stoke)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ868448
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtST4
Dialling code01782
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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53°00′03″N 2°11′48″W / 53.0007°N 2.1968°W / 53.0007; -2.1968

Penkhull is a district of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, part of Penkhull and Stoke electoral ward, and Stoke Central parliamentary constituency.

Penkhull is a conservation area, and includes Grade II listed buildings such as the church and Greyhound Inn public house.[2]

History[edit]

The Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8 (1965) suggests that name arises from the British pencet ('end or head of the wood') and the Old English hyll (hill). Ward (1843)[3] also mentioned the possibility of the Celtic British Pen (head) and Kyl (kiln). The idea of a 'head' or 'end' is topographically apt, since the village is sited on the elevated end of a long strip of valley-side woodland which begins at the ancient Bradwell Wood five miles to the north.

The early origins date from 2500 BC, and there have been three archaeological finds from this period. A study by the local city Council stated of Penkhull that... "it has held a settlement for over four thousand years".[4]

The Domesday Book records it as two hides of land in the Hundred of Pirehill and that it was held by Earl Algar.[5]

Penkhull was a Royal Manor from the time of William the Conqueror 1086, and the last record of its title as a Royal Manor was in 1308 under King (Edward II).

Penkhull was developed by Josiah Spode II as a dormitory suburb of Stoke-upon-Trent, the town from which the city of Stoke-on-Trent took its name.

The Church[edit]

Church of St Thomas, Penkhull

The ecclesiastical parish was created out of the parish of Stoke in 1844[6] when the church of St. Thomas[7] was built.[8] The church is by Scott and Moffatt. The Revd Thomas Webb Minton, the son of Thomas Minton and Rector of Darlington, gave the sum of £2,000 to be invested from which the interest provided an income for the Vicar. The aisles were added in 1892 by Edward Prioleau Warren.[9] The Village Hall was built at the same time and was at that time a Church of England school for the poor.

Music and Performing Arts[edit]

Penkhull has a number of music and performing arts events, including annual Mystery Plays and community pantomime.

Notable people[edit]

Oliver Joseph Lodge
Stanley Matthews statue in Hanley town centre

Sport[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stoke ward population 2011". Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ^ Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries retrieved Feb 2017
  3. ^ John Ward. The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent (1843)
  4. ^ Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Penkhull Village Conservation Area Appraisal report, March 2008.
  5. ^ Domesday Book Staffordshire 1086, Phillimore & Co Ltd, Chichester 1976.
  6. ^ Richard Talbot; The Church and Ancient Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, Webberley Ltd, Hanley, 1969 (page 57)
  7. ^ Church of England website retrieved Feb 2015
  8. ^ Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries retrieved Feb 2017
  9. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner; The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, Penguin Books Ltd, 1974. ISBN 0-14-071046-9. Page 263.
  10. ^ thepotteries.org website, local history of Stoke-on-Trent, England retrieved January 2018
  11. ^ Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries retrieved Feb 2017
  12. ^ "Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911.
  13. ^ The Charles Tomlinson Resource Centre website archive retrieved January 2018
  14. ^ "Neil Morrissey revisits his children's home roots". The Guardian. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  15. ^ SoccerBase Database retrieved January 2018
  16. ^ Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries retrieved Feb 2017
  17. ^ BBC Sport, 29 July 2011 retrieved January 2018
  18. ^ ESPN cricinfo Database retrieved January 2018

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